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CARL H. HAUGK, OF NE'V YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,911,- dated December 10, V1889.

Application filed September l2, 1888. Serial No. 285,192. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. HAUGK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have inz around the same, the binder being transferred to the rolling-table from a binder-table by pneumatic or other means, sothat long-filler cigar-bunches of perfect shape and quality can be quickly and cheaply turned out.

' The invention consists of certain combinations of parts and details, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out inthe claims.

'In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved cigarbunching machine, part-s being broken out and others shown in section. Fig 2 is an enlarged end elevation ofthe same, parts being in section on the line x03, Fig. l, and other parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is a plan View of Fig. l, parts being broken out. Fig. 4 is binder-feeder.

a vertical longitudinal section of the feed-box on a larger scale. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail side elevations of slotted standards and end views of the receiver guided in the same.V Fig. 7 is a detail transverse section of the Fig. 8 is a detail side view of the stretcher-roller for the @rolling apron. Fig. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. l0 is anenlarged plan view of the open face of the reversible receiver.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the supporting-frame of my improved cigarbunching machine, and is provided with the two upright standards A! for guiding and supporting some of the working parts of the machine. On the table A the bunch-roller mechanism as well as the binder-feeder are mounted, while above the same, supported on standards A2, is arranged a horizontal feed-box B. In guides on the standards A the vertical movable cutting and shaping knife C, with its follower C', the trough D, for receiving thel to the lower section by fastening-pins'or suit- The transverse section of the' longitudinal opening in the 4feed-box corre`y able devices.

sponds to the size and shape 4of the bunch to be made, the tobacco being placed in the feedbox either in regular layers or mixed with scraps, accordingly as long-filler bunches or bunches with mixed filler are to be made.

The bottom section of the feed-box is provided with a longitudinal slot b, in which is guided an intermittingly-moving follower B', of the same shape and size as the longitudinal opening of the feed-box.` The follower is provided on the outside of the box B with a forked screw-nut b', which can travel on the screw-spindle B2, mounted centrally and 1on` gitudinally below the feed-box, which spindle receives intermittent rotary motion from the beveled gears b3 and b4, the ratchet-wheel 65T on the shaft be', and the pawl 197 on the pawllever bs, mounted to rock on the shaft 126. The

pawl-lever bs is provided with a pin that en ters the upper slotted end of a rod b9, the opposite end of whichV is pivoted on a crank S f lof the shaft S, so that when said shaft is--ro` .tated the lever b9 is worked up and down andin turn rocks the pawl-arm bs, whereby the shaft b and screw-spindle B2 are rotated in` termittingly, and whereby an intermittent forward motion is imparted to the follower B to cause the same to feedthe required quantity of tobacco out of the forward end of the feed-box.

the spindle when it arrives at the open end of the feed-box and returning it to the opposite end of the feed-box without reversing the motion of the spindle.

When the required quantity of The screw-nut of the follower `B is forked, thus permitting of lifting it oi tobacco has 'IOO been fed from the open end of the feed-box to form one bunch, the knife O descends and cuts olf the projecting quantity of tobacco and carries it downward. The cutting-knife is made box-shaped with sharp edges and is about the shape of the cigar-bunch, so as to shape the tobacco at the same time as cutting the same. In line with the bottom of the feed-box there is a bracket-plate C2, which has an opening corresponding to the shape of the boX-shaped knife, said bracket-plate serving to support the tobacco fed from the open end of the feeding-box and offering the required degree of resistance to the cutting and shaping knife. As the knife descends, it cuts through the tobacco resting upon the bracket,- plate C2, and, as the knife has the shape of a cigar-bunch, it is evident that the pieces cut out by said knife have the shape, approximately, of a cigar-bunch. As the bottom edge of the knife passes through the aperture in the bracket-plate C2, it is evident that the knife-edge cuts through all the layers of tobacco resting uponsaid bracket-plate, thus completely severing the tobacco that is to form the bunch from the remaining part of the tobacco. The tobacco in the box B is compressed quite compactly, so that when the knife or cutter C passes through the same the leaves do not scatter or crumble, but are cut.

as though the tobacco formed a coherent mass. The trimmings, which consist of the tobacco that remains outside the edges of the cutting- A knife, pass into the trough D on the front pinion d engaging the rack c2 on the shank CS of the cutting-knife, said pinion being actuated by a segmental rack ol on one end of a fulcrumed lever d2, which is connected by the connecting-rod d3 with the crank S2 of the shaft S, so that with each rotation of the driving-shaft the cutting and shaping knife is vertically reciprocated, so as to descend and cut off the tobacco and move into a position above the feeding-box, so as to be out of the way of the tobacco fed from the end of the same.

The shank C8 of the cutting-knifeC is provided with a longitudinal slot or recess for guiding the shank C4 of the follower C', which latter is located in the box-shaped knife C and retained in this position by a spiral spring d?, attached to the shank C4 and to a plate dg, fastened to the shank C3 of the knife C. A lever d8 engages the upper end of the follower-shank C4 and is pivoted to a bracket-arm C5 of the knife-shank C3. rlhe outwardly-projecting end of the lever-arm d8 can strike against the transverse end of an arm d1?, attached` to one of the cross-bars or guides uniting the standards A. When the knife des cends,jthe outer end of the lever ds strikes against the cross-arm d10, and at the moment when the knife has completed its cutting operation the inner end of the lever d8 is forced downward and the follower is pressed down, and, overcoming the resistance of the sides of the knife, forces the tobacco out of said knife and into the cup-shaped receiver E, which is located below the opening of the bracket-plate C2, ready to receive the tobacco. As soon as -the tobacco has been dropped into the receiver E, the same descends, being guided by vertical parallel slots .e ce of the side standards A, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the middle slot e being longer than the side slots e.Y The receiver is made of a semicircular shape and is formed oftwo quadrant-sections E', which are pivoted to each other at the ends by the studs e2, which pass into the central slots e. The receiver is provided at each end of each section with a guidepin e3, and they are guided in the slots. The said side slots e are curved outwardly at their lower ends, which has the effect of opening and reversing the receiver at its lower central line, so that the sections close up again when the inverted position is attained, as in Fig. 6, so that the tobacco can drop fromv the receiver upon the rolling-apron F.

Each end pivot e2 of the receiver is surrounded by a spiral spring e4, said spring serving to keep the receiver closed-that is, in the position shown in Fig. 5. Each section E of .the receiver also contains an adjustable gage e5, so as to adapt the receiver for making bunches of different lengths. Each quadrant-section E of the receiver is provided on the longitudinal edge with a curved eX- tension or wing E5, which wings or extensions overlap, as shown in Fig. 4, and prevent the tobacco being caught between the edges of the sections.

Motion is imparted to the receiver by means of fulcrurned angular arms M, which are connected by a transverse rod m at their rear ends, and are provided at their front ends with slots, said slots engaging the projecting pivot-pins e2 of the receiver. Spiral springs vMare fastened to studs on the angular arms 'M and to arms on the vertical standards A N on the slide-plate F2, which slide-plate re ceives horizontal reciprocating motion from the shaft S by means of the connecting-rod f, pivoted to the crank S3 of the shaft S. The slide-plate F2 is suitably guided on the top side bars of the frame A, so that it can be projected beyond the ends of said side bars.A The rolling-table F, which is held betweenI the front parts of said side bars1 is mounted on springs to adapt it to give vertically and has its top recessed longitudinally, as shown in Fig. 2-that is to say, the top of the table is provided with a recess extendingl in the fdireetion of the length of the same, and the TOO IOR

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profile of said recess corresponding to the contour of one-half of a cigar. The rollingapron F is secured at its front end to a stationary roller f of the rolling-table, is passed over the top edge of the rolling-tableV below a tension-regulating roller f2, the ends of which move in slots inthe sides of the slideplate F2, then over a roller F3 of the slideplate F2, and then down to a stationary roller 1o f4 of the frame of the machine, to which roller Y the apron is attached in some suitable man-v ner, said roller being so shaped as to cause the rolling-apron to form a longitudinal re cess between its edges. By the forward motion of the slide-plate F2 a bight is formed in the rolling-apron, said bight inclosing the-filler previously placed upon the apron bythe receiver E and rolls the filler onits axis" to impart the proper shape to the same, wherein it is assisted by the particular shape of the roller f4, (shown in Fig. 8,) which imparts to the apron a shape conforming to the shape of the cigar to be produced. The? rolling action takes place in the usual well-known manner. A number of binders are applied one above the other on the binder table or rest I on the front end of the frame A. The binder-feeder consists of a hollow boxlAG, having its top perforated, and is provided with a hollow arm G having a hub g, that turns on a pivot g on one of the side barsof the supporting-frame. The tubular arn 4-G is connected by a flexible tube G2 with a suction device consisting of bellows G3, the bottom of which is connected with a pivoted lever G4, the opposite end of the lever being connected by a connecting-rod G5 with the crank S of the shaft S. The oscillations of the pivoted lever G4 produce the expansion and contraction of the bellows G, thereby producing an inward suctionof air through the binder-feeder G or `an expulsion of air through the same. A stud h, projecting from one of the sides of the slide-plate F2, passes into the longitudinal slot of an arm h on the hub g, so that the reciprocations of the slideplate swing the binder-feeder from the rollertable upon the binder table or rest and back again. At the moment that the perforated face -lof the binder-feeder arrives at the uppermost binder on the binder-table I the bellows are expanded and the air drawn into the same, whereby the uppermost binder is tightly sucked upon the face of the binder-feeder, and is then carried by the binder-feeder upon the rolling-table F by the returning movement of said binder-feeder. When the binder arrives upon the rolling-table F, the bellows are contracted, whereby the binder is released and can now be rolled around the to- 'and pivoted spring-actuated blade H. As

the roller f of the slide-plate passes over the upper ends of the spring-blades `I-I, which upper ends are beveled on the inner edges, it presses them outward and passes beyond them, and when the binder-table makes its Vwhich is attached to the lower end of the tubu- -lar paste-receptacle L', having a funnel on its upper end. The tubular receptacle L is secured on the end 'of a pivoted lever K, on

. one end of which a pin K on the knife-C can act. serves to keep the sponge in the raised position. Vhen the knife descends, it strikes the A lspring K2, acting on said lever K,

end of the lever K`svvinging'the same ontward slightly,` and then as the knife rises again it strikes the bottom edge of said end `of the lever and swings saidlever and the sponge downward, whereby a small quantity of paste is applied on the binder.

The machine forms bunches of cigars or cheroots with considerable rapidity and automatically without requiring skilled hands. It. can also be used with slight modification for making cigarettes. The motion-transmitting mechanism may be altered, as I do not confine myself to the special mechanism for imparting motion to the follower of the feed-box, the cutting and shaping knife, the fol-lower in the same, the receiver, the horizontal slide-plate, binder-feeder, and bellows. For properly working the machine it is necessary to use dry tobacco in the feed-box, for which purpose the number of feed-boxes are prepared beforehand, the tobacco in the same being compressed so as to assume the shape of the box as it drives.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination, with a stationary feedbox, of a follower within said feed-box for feeding the tobacco from one end of the feedbox, a vertically-reciprocating cutting and shaping knife at the open end of the feed-box, a bracket-plate proj eciing from the bottom of the feed-box at the open end and having an aperture corresponding to the shape of the cutting and shaping knife, a follower within said knife, a vertically-reciprocating and reversing receiver below said knife and bracketplate, and a tobacco-rolling mechanism, substantially as shown and described, below said receiver, so as to adapt it to receive the tobacco discharged from said receiver, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a feed-box, of a follower within said box for discharging the tobaccoF out of one end of the feed-box, a bracket-plate projecting from the bottom of VVi the feed-box at the open end, which bracketplate has a cigar-shaped aperture, a trough for the scraps adjacent to said bracket-plate, a vertically-reciprocating cutting kand shaping knife above said bracket-plate, a follower within said cutting-knife, a vertically-reciprocating and reversing receiver below the bracket-plate, and a rolling mechanism below the vertically-reciprocating receiver, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with a rolling mechanism, substantially as described, of a tobacco feed-box, a follower in said feed-box, a \f'erticallyrecip rocating cutting and shaping knife at one end of the feed-box, an apertured bracketplate below said cutting and shaping knife,a vertically reciprocating and reversing receiver below said bracket-plate, and a pasting apparatus operated from said verticallyreciprocating knife, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with a feed-box, of a follower in the same, a vertically-reciprocating cutting and shaping knife at one end of the feed-box, a bracket-plate at the end of the feed-box, provided with an aperture below the knife, said aperture having the same shape as t-he knife, a vertically -reciprocating and reversing receiver below said bracketplate, a rolling mechanism below said receiver, and levers actuated by the rolling mechanism and operating said receiver, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cigar-bunching machine, a reversible receiver composed of two quadrant-sections pivoted to each other at their ends and provided on both longitudinal edges with overlapping wings, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of a reversible receiver composed of two quadrant-sections pivoted to each other at their ends and provided with guide-pins projecting from the ends with vertical guides having guide-slots for receiving the pins projecting from the ends of the reversible receiver, substantially as set forth.

'7. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with vertical standards each having a central longitudinal slot and two side slots, the lower ends of which are curved outward, of a tobacco-receiver composed of two quadrant-sections pivoted to each other at their ends, the pivot-pinsof the receiver sliding in the central longitudinal slots of the standards, pins projecting from the ends of the pivoted sections sliding in the side longitudinal slots, and a lever for raising-and lowering said receiver, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cigar-bunching machina-the combination7 with two quadrant-sections pivoted to each other and forming a tobacco-receiver, of a transverse partition in said receiver, which partition is adjustable in the direction of the the rolling-table, which binder-feeder is con-l nected with and operated by the reciprocating rolling mechanism, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

lWitnesses:

OscAR F. GUNZ, PAUL GOEPEL.

cARL H. HAUGK. A 

